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Physical Activity and Risk of Stroke in Women
Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD;
Meir J. Stampfer, MD, DrPH;
Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH;
Alberto Ascherio, MD, DrPH;
Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD;
Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH;
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH
JAMA. 2000;283:2961-2967.
ABSTRACT
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Context Persuasive evidence has demonstrated that increased physical activity is associated with substantial reduction in risk of coronary heart disease. However, the role of physical activity in the prevention of stroke is less well established.
Objective To examine the association between physical activity and risk of total stroke and stroke subtypes in women.
Design and Setting The Nurses' Health Study, a prospective cohort study of subjects residing in 11 US states.
Subjects A total of 72,488 female nurses aged 40 to 65 years who did not have diagnosed cardiovascular disease or cancer at baseline in 1986 and who completed detailed physical activity questionnaires in 1986, 1988, and 1992.
Main Outcome Measure Incident stroke occurring between baseline and June 1, 1994, compared among quintiles of physical activity level as measured by metabolic equivalent tasks (METs) in hours per week.
Results During 8 years (560,087 person-years) of follow-up, we documented 407 incident cases of stroke (258 ischemic strokes, 67 subarachnoid hemorrhages, 42 intracerebral hemorrhages, and 40 strokes of unknown type). In multivariate analyses controlling for age, body mass index, history of hypertension, and other covariates, increasing physical activity was strongly inversely associated with risk of total stroke. Relative risks (RRs) in the lowest to highest MET quintiles were 1.00, 0.98, 0.82, 0.74, and 0.66 (P for trend=.005). The inverse gradient was seen primarily for ischemic stroke (RRs across increasing MET quintiles, 1.00, 0.87, 0.83, 0.76, and 0.52; P for trend=.003). Physical activity was not significantly associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage or intracerebral hemorrhage. After multivariate adjustment, walking was associated with reduced risk of total stroke (RRs across increasing walking MET quintiles, 1.00, 0.76, 0.78, 0.70, and 0.66; P for trend=.01) and ischemic stroke (RRs across increasing walking MET quintiles, 1.00, 0.77, 0.75, 0.69, and 0.60; P for trend=.02). Brisk or striding walking pace was associated with lower risk of total and ischemic stroke compared with average or casual pace.
Conclusion These data indicate that physical activity, including moderate-intensity exercise such as walking, is associated with substantial reduction in risk of total and ischemic stroke in a dose-response manner.
INTRODUCTION
Persuasive evidence has demonstrated that increased physical activity is associated with substantial reduction in risk of coronary heart disease.1 However, the role of physical activity in the prevention of stroke is less well studied, and results from epidemiological studies have been inconsistent. A significant inverse association between increasing physical activity and risk of stroke has been observed in some studies1-6 but not in others.7-10 Also, the dose-response relationship between physical activity and stroke has not been well characterized. Some studies have demonstrated a monotonic decreasing risk with increasing physical activity,2-4 while others have indicated a U-shaped relationship.6, 11 In addition, few studies have examined the effects of physical activity on subtypes of stroke.1-2,6 Furthermore, most previous studies have focused on men2-3,5-8,11; data on women are sparse.1, 12 In the Framingham Heart Study,12 high levels of physical activity were protective against total stroke risk in men but not in women.
Current guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention13 and the National Institutes of Health14 recommend that Americans should accumulate at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most, preferably all, days of the week. However, the role of low- and moderate-intensity activities such as walking, compared with vigorous exercise, in the prevention of cardiovascular disease remains controversial. If walking is confirmed to provide the same benefits as more vigorous forms of physical activity, it will have important public health implications because walking is the most popular form of physical activity, especially among middle-aged and older women.15
In this study, we examined in detail the relationship between physical activity and risk of stroke in a large prospective cohort of women. We specifically assessed the role of walking compared with vigorous activities in the prevention of stroke. We also examined the influence of change in activity level on subsequent risk of stroke.
METHODS
Subjects
The Nurses' Health Study cohort was established in 1976, when 121,700 female registered nurses aged 30 to 55 years and residing in 1 of 11 US states responded to mailed questionnaires regarding their medical history and health practices.16 In 1986, 82,409 women responded to a physical activity questionnaire. Of these women, 90% repeated the same physical activity questionnaire in 1988, and 89% in 1992. After exclusion of women who were diagnosed as having myocardial infarction, stroke, angina, or other cardiovascular disease or coronary bypass surgery (n=4470) or cancer (n=5451) through 1986, the analysis included 72,488 women aged 40 to 65 years.
Assessment of Physical Activity
In 1986, 1988, and 1992, participants were asked the average amount of time they spent per week doing each of the following physical activities: walking, jogging, running, bicycling, calisthenics/aerobics/aerobic dance/rowing machine, lap swimming, squash/racquetball, and tennis. They were also asked about their usual walking pace, specified as easy (<2.0 mph), moderate (2.0-2.9 mph), brisk (3.0-3.9 mph), or very brisk ( 4 mph). From this information, energy expenditure in metabolic equivalent tasks (METs), measured in hours per week, was calculated.17 Because only 2% of the subjects reported very brisk pace, we combined the brisk and very brisk categories in the analyses of walking pace and stroke risk. We defined any physical activity requiring 6 METs or more (6-fold increase from resting metabolic rate) as vigorous. These activities included jogging, running, bicycling, calisthenics/aerobic/aerobic dance/rowing machine, lap swimming, squash/racquetball, and tennis. In contrast, walking requires an energy expenditure of only 2.0 to 4.5 METs, depending on pace; we therefore considered it to be a moderate-intensity activity.
On the 1980 questionnaire, women were asked to report the average number of hours they spent each week during the past year on moderate and vigorous recreational activities, such as heavy gardening, vigorous sports, jogging, brisk/very brisk walking, bicycling, and heavy housework. On the 1982 questionnaire, women were asked a slightly different question: "For how many hours per week, on average, do you engage in activity strenuous enough to build up a sweat?" To use this information, we created a variable representing average hours per week spent doing moderate or vigorous recreational activities (all activities described heretofore except for hours spent walking at an easy or normal pace) across 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, and 1992. To examine the effects of change in physical activity levels on subsequent risk of stroke, we calculated the differences in average hours per week of moderate or vigorous activities between 1980 and 1986 for women who reported on these activities in both periods (n=62,983).
Validation of the Questionnaire
The detailed physical activity questionnaire that was used in this study has been validated in a number of settings. In a representative sample (n=147) of participants in the Nurses' Health Study II cohort, this questionnaire was completed on 2 occasions 2 years apart, in conjunction with past-week activity recall and 7-day activity diaries completed 4 times during a 1-year period.18 The 2-year test-retest correlation for activity was 0.59. The correlation between physical activity reported on 1-week recalls and that reported on the questionnaire was 0.79. The correlation between activity reported in diaries and that reported on the questionnaire was 0.62. In a separate study on a population aged 20 to 59 years recruited from a university community (n=103), the correlation between physical activity score on a very similar questionnaire and maximum oxygen consumption was 0.54.19 These data indicate relatively good validity and reproducibility for the questionnaire.
Confirmation of Stroke
The end point was incident stroke occurring between return of the baseline questionnaires in 1986 and June 1, 1994. Women who reported stroke on follow-up questionnaires were asked for permission to review medical records; these were reviewed by a physician without knowledge of the participant's exposure status. Cerebrovascular pathology due to infection, trauma, or malignancy was excluded. Incident strokes were confirmed by medical record review according to National Survey of Stroke criteria,20 requiring a constellation of neurologic deficits, sudden or rapid in onset and lasting at least 24 hours or until death.
Strokes were classified as subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, ischemic stroke (embolic infarction or thrombotic infarction), or stroke of undetermined type, according to Perth Community Stroke Study criteria and based on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or autopsy findings.21 Subarachnoid hemorrhage was defined as hemorrhage in the subarachnoid space, usually caused by rupture of a saccular aneurysm of the cerebral arteries or, less commonly, by arteriovenous malformations or other causes. Intracerebral hemorrhage was defined as hemorrhage in intracerebral regions of the brain not due to an aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation.
Hospital records were available for approximately 88% of nonfatal cases; among these subjects, the percentage of cases with CT or MRI documentation increased over time, reaching 82% for CT, 28% for MRI, and 93% for CT and/or MRI findings in 1988-1994. Overall, CT/MRI findings were present for 88% of women for whom hospital records were obtained. If no records could be obtained, strokes were considered probable if they were corroborated by additional information provided by letter or interview and the subject required hospitalization. Analyses that excluded probable cases yielded similar results.
Deaths were reported by next of kin, coworkers, postal authorities, or the National Death Index. Using all sources combined, we estimated that follow-up for deaths was more than 98% complete.22 Fatal stroke was confirmed using medical records or autopsy reports (74%) or considered probable if these records were not obtainable but stroke was listed as the underlying cause on the death certificate.
Statistical Analysis
Our primary analyses used 1986 as baseline. Person-time for each participant was calculated from the date of return of the 1986 questionnaire to the date of confirmed stroke, death from any cause, or June 1, 1994, whichever came first. Relative risks (RRs) were computed as the incidence rate in a specific MET quintile divided by that in the lowest quintile, with adjustment for 5-year age categories. Tests of linear trend across increasing MET quintiles were conducted by treating the quintiles as a continuous variable and assigning the median score for each quintile as its value. To best represent long-term physical activity levels of individual subjects and reduce measurement error, we created measures of cumulative average METs from all available questionnaires up to the start of each 2-year follow-up interval. A similar method for analyzing repeated dietary measurements has been described in detail elsewhere.23 We also used restricted cubic spline transformations with 4 knots to flexibly model the relation between physical activity level and stroke risk, avoiding the need for prior specification of the risk function or the location of a threshold exposure value.24
In a secondary analysis, we used 1980 as baseline. We used the continuous values of hours per week to compute cumulative averages of physical activity at each period and categorized the hours per week into 5 levels (<1.0, 1.0-1.9, 2.0-3.9, 4.0-6.9, and 7.0 h/wk) after averaging. To examine the effects of change in physical activity on risk of stroke, we related the difference in hours spent on moderate and/or vigorous activities between 1980 and 1986 to incident cases of stroke occurring between 1986 and 1994.
We used pooled logistic regression across the five 2-year intervals,25 which is asymptotically equivalent to Cox regression, to adjust simultaneously for potential confounding variables such as age (5-year categories); smoking status (never, past, or current smoking of 1-14, 15-24, or 25 cigarettes/d); alcohol consumption (0, 1-4, 5-14, or 15 g/d); body mass index (quintiles); menopausal status (premenopausal, postmenopausal without hormone replacement therapy, postmenopausal with past hormone replacement therapy, or postmenopausal with current hormone replacement therapy); aspirin use (<1 time/wk, 1-6 times/wk, or 7 times/wk); parental history of myocardial infarction before age 60 years; and history of diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, or hypertension at baseline. Because fruit and vegetable intake was inversely associated with risk of stroke in our cohort,26 we adjusted for fruit and vegetable intake (both in quintiles) in a secondary analysis.
RESULTS
During 8 years (560,087 person-years) of follow-up, we documented 407 incident cases of stroke (258 ischemic strokes, 67 subarachnoid hemorrhages, 42 intracerebral hemorrhages, and 40 strokes of unknown type). As described elsewhere,27 women who were more physically active tended to be leaner and were less likely to be current smokers. Increasing total physical activity level was strongly associated with progressively lower risk of total stroke (Table 1). Age-adjusted RRs of total stroke across increasing MET quintiles for total physical activity were 1.00, 0.87, 0.68, 0.57, and 0.49 (P for trend <.001). Further adjustment for smoking, body mass index, and other covariates only somewhat attenuated the association for total stroke (RRs across increasing MET quintiles, 1.0, 0.98, 0.82, 0.74, and 0.66; P for trend=.005). Additional adjustment for intake of fruits and vegetables did not materially alter the results (corresponding RRs, 1.0, 0.97, 0.80, 0.71, and 0.63; P for trend=.003). Further adjustment for antihypertensive, cholesterol-lowering, or hypoglycemic medications did not change the results. The inverse association was primarily observed for ischemic stroke (multivariate RRs across increasing MET quintiles, 1.0, 0.87, 0.83, 0.76, and 0.52; P for trend=.003). Significant trends indicate an overall linear relationship between physical activity level and risk of total and ischemic stroke. Spline regression analysis demonstrated a dose-response relationship between physical activity level and incidence of ischemic stroke (Figure 1). Physical activity level had no significant relationship with either subarachnoid hemorrhage (RR for lowest vs highest MET quintile, 0.77; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.36-1.66; P for trend=.64) or intracerebral hemorrhage (RR for lowest vs highest MET quintile, 1.20; 95% CI, 0.45-3.19; P for trend=.34). The wide CIs of these estimates are in part due to the small number of cases. Thus, we combined intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage in subsequent analyses (Table 1).
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Table 1. Relative Risks (RRs) of Stroke by Total Physical Activity Level*
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Figure. Spline Regression Model of Multivariate RRs of Ischemic Stroke According to Total Physical Activity Level
Total physical activity level is measured by metabolic equivalent tasks (METs) in hours per week. Relative risks (RRs) are adjusted for variables in the full multivariate model in Table 1. The solid black line represents point estimates; dotted lines represent 95% confidence intervals.
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In secondary analyses, the inverse association between physical activity and risk of total stroke persisted in subgroup analyses according to body mass index, current smoking status, and parental history of myocardial infarction. Multivariate RRs of total stroke comparing the extreme MET quintiles were 0.61 for current smokers and 0.68 for nonsmokers; 0.64 for women with a body mass index of 29 kg/m2 or less and 0.61 for women with a body mass index of more than 29 kg/m2; and 0.64 for women without parental history of myocardial infarction and 0.57 for women with parental history of myocardial infarction. To avoid potential bias due to preclinical conditions, we eliminated stroke cases that occurred in the first 2 years of follow-up, and the results did not appreciably change (390 incident cases were included in the analyses; multivariate RRs across MET quintiles, 1.0, 0.92, 0.84, 0.76, and 0.59; P for trend=.004).
To evaluate the long-term effects of physical activity, we examined the cumulative averages of physical activity level from 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, and 1992 in relation to incident stroke from 1980 to 1994 (695 stroke cases with 1,168,015 person-years of follow-up). Multivariate RRs across categories of average hours per week spent on moderate/vigorous physical activity (<1 hour, 1-1.9 hours, 2-3.9 hours, 4-6.9 hours, and 7 hours) were 1.0, 0.83, 0.90, 0.79, and 0.60, respectively (P for trend=.01). This inverse association was primarily observed for ischemic stroke.
After adjusting for age, walking was associated with a graded reduction in risk of total stroke (RRs across increasing MET quintiles, 1.0, 0.71, 0.66, 0.54, and 0.49; P for trend <.001) (Table 2). This association was somewhat attenuated after adjustment for other risk factors and vigorous physical activity (multivariate RRs across increasing MET quintiles, 1.0, 0.76, 0.78, 0.70, and 0.66; P for trend=.01). To minimize residual confounding by vigorous physical activity, we conducted an additional analysis excluding women who performed vigorous physical activity and obtained similar results (RRs across increasing MET quintiles, 1.0, 0.71, 0.78, 0.74, and 0.64; P for trend=.10). As with total physical activity level, the inverse association for walking was primarily observed for ischemic stroke (Table 2).
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Table 2. Relative Risks (RRs) of Stroke by Walking Activity*
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Independent of the number of hours spent walking, walking pace was strongly associated with risk of stroke. Compared with women whose usual walking pace was easy, multivariate RRs of total stroke were 0.81 (95% CI, 0.63-1.03) for women with moderate pace and 0.49 (95% CI, 0.36-0.68) for women with brisk/very brisk pace (Table 3). This inverse association appeared to be particularly strong for ischemic stroke. The reduction in risk of hemorrhagic stroke associated with brisk/very brisk walking pace was not statistically significant.
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Table 3. Relative Risks (RRs) of Stroke by Usual Walking Pace*
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To assess whether more vigorous activity had an increased benefit beyond that of walking, we examined risk of stroke according to the joint distribution of METs from walking and nonwalking vigorous physical activity. Equivalent energy expenditure from walking and vigorous physical activity resulted in comparable risk reductions. Women in the highest categories (7 METs) of both vigorous physical activity and walking had an RR of 0.30 (95% CI, 0.16-0.57) for ischemic stroke compared with the most sedentary women (0 METs from vigorous physical activity and <0.7 METs from walking). When METs for both walking and vigorous activity were entered into the model as continuous variables simultaneously, RRs of ischemic stroke associated with 10-MET increases in energy expenditure were 0.82 (95% CI, 0.69-0.97) for vigorous activity and 0.83 (95% CI, 0.69-0.99) for walking.
We examined changes in physical activity between 1980 and 1986 in relation to incidence of stroke from 1986 to 1994 (Table 4). After adjustment for baseline physical activity level and other covariates, each 3.5-h/wk increase in moderate/vigorous physical activity from baseline was associated with a 19% reduction in total stroke and a 29% reduction in ischemic stroke. Increasing physical activity levels were not significantly associated with risk of hemorrhagic stroke. Compared with women who were consistently sedentary (<1 h/wk of moderate/vigorous physical activity in both 1980 and 1986), those who were consistently active (4 h/wk of physical activity in both 1980 and 1986) had the lowest risk of ischemic stroke (RR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.22-0.96).
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Table 4. Stroke Risk by Change in Physical Activity Level*
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COMMENT
In this large prospective cohort study of women, greater leisure-time physical activity was associated with reduced risk of stroke in a dose-response manner. Independent of vigorous physical activity, walking was associated with a substantial reduction in stroke risk, and brisk/very brisk usual walking pace was independently associated with decreased risk compared with normal or easy pace. We observed comparable magnitudes of risk reduction with equivalent energy expenditures from walking and vigorous physical activity.
Findings from previous prospective cohort studies on regular physical activity and risk of stroke have been inconsistent. A significant inverse association between increasing physical activity and stroke has been observed in some studies1-6 but not in others.7-10 Also, the dose-response relationship between physical activity and stroke has not been well characterized. Some studies have demonstrated a monotonic decreasing risk with increasing physical activity,2-4 while others have indicated a U-shaped relationship.6, 11 Small sample sizes and inadequate physical activity assessment may partially account for these discrepancies. The NIH Consensus Development Panel on Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health14 concluded that "data are inadequate to determine whether stroke incidence is affected by physical activity or exercise training." Similarly, the surgeon general's report on physical activity and health28 concluded that "it is unclear whether physical activity plays a protective role against stroke." With large sample size and detailed and repeated measures of physical activity, our study provides strong evidence for a graded inverse relationship between physical activity levels and risk of stroke.
Few previous studies have examined the effects of physical activity on ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke separately. Sacco and colleagues4 observed a strong dose-response relationship between leisure-time physical activity and risk of ischemic stroke, but the study did not examine the association with hemorrhagic stroke. Gillum and colleagues1 found a significant positive association between lower levels of nonrecreational activity and increased risk of total and nonhemorrhagic stroke. In contrast, 2 other studies5, 12 suggest a stronger inverse association with hemorrhagic stroke than ischemic stroke. However, neither study obtained detailed or repeated measurements of physical activity. Our data support the role of physical activity, including walking, in the prevention of ischemic stroke rather than hemorrhagic stroke. The risk reduction in ischemic stroke observed in our study was similar to that for coronary heart disease, reflecting shared risk factors and atherothrombotic origin of these 2 diseases. Although hypertension is also a risk factor for both intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage, the pathophysiology of these events is not predominantly atherogenic in nature. However, our power for detecting an association with hemorrhagic stroke is limited due to a smaller number of cases.
Our data suggest that similar energy expenditure from walking and vigorous physical activity confer similar reductions in stroke risk and that substantial reduction in stroke risk appears achievable through a moderate amount of walking. This finding is reassuring, since walking is a physical activity that is highly accessible, readily adopted, inexpensive, and rarely associated with exercise-related injury. In our previous studies, METs for walking and brisk walking pace were independently associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes29 and coronary heart disease.27 In the Honolulu Heart Study, walking distance was inversely associated with risk of coronary heart disease30 and total mortality.31 These findings have important public health implications because walking is the most popular form of physical activity, especially among middle-aged and older women.15
Another important finding of our study is that sedentary women who became active in middle and later adulthood had lower stroke risk than their counterparts who remained sedentary. This implies a relatively prompt effect of physical activity—older adults can enjoy the benefit of exercise even if they were sedentary for a long time.
The protective effect of physical activity may be partly mediated through its effects on various risk factors for stroke.32 Physical activity lowers blood pressure and increases high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration. It has been associated with reductions in plasma fibrinogen level and platelet aggregation and elevations in plasma tissue plasminogen activator activity.32 Physical activity facilitates weight loss and weight maintenance.33 It can increase insulin sensitivity because of increased number and activity of glucose transporters, both in muscle and adipose tissue.34-35 Convincing epidemiological data demonstrate the beneficial effects of physical activity on risk of type 2 diabetes,36 an important risk factor for stroke.
Our physical activity questionnaire has been validated against a physical activity diary,18 and similar questionnaires have correlated well with measured oxygen consumption.37 Although some error in self-report is inevitable, because of the prospective design of this study, misclassification would be nondifferential with respect to the outcome and would bias the results toward the null. The present study is the largest cohort for whom data on physical activity and health outcomes were collected prospectively, and it is the only large study examining the association between physical activity and stroke in a female population. The present study is also the only one in which physical activity exposures were updated after the initial assessment, with detailed examination of moderate vs vigorous activity.
In conclusion, increasing physical activity levels are associated with substantial reductions in risk of total and ischemic stroke in women. We observed comparable magnitudes of risk reduction with similar energy expenditure from walking and vigorous physical activity. Our findings lend further support to current guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention13 and the National Institutes of Health14 that promote regular moderate-intensity physical activity for prevention of chronic diseases.
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Funding/Support: This study was supported by research grants HL24074, HL34594, and CA40356 from the National Institutes of Health.
Acknowledgment: We are indebted to the participants in the Nurses' Health Study for their continuing outstanding level of cooperation; and to Al Wing, Gary Chase, Karen Corsano, Lisa Dunn, Barbara Egan, Lori Ward, and Jill Arnold for their unfailing help.
Corresponding Author and Reprints: Frank B. Hu, MD, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (e-mail: frank.hu{at}channing.harvard.edu).
Author Affiliations: Departments of Nutrition (Drs Hu, Stampfer, Ascherio, and Willett) and Epidemiology (Drs Stampfer, Colditz, Ascherio, Willett, and Manson), Harvard School of Public Health, Channing Laboratory (Drs Stampfer, Colditz, Willett, and Manson) and the Division of Preventive Medicine (Drs Rexrode and Manson), Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
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Physical Activity, Weight Control, and Breast Cancer Risk and Survival: Clinical Trial Rationale and Design Considerations
Ballard-Barbash et al.
JNCI J Natl Cancer Inst 2009;101:630-643.
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Green and Black Tea Consumption and Risk of Stroke: A Meta-Analysis
Arab et al.
Stroke 2009;40:1786-1792.
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Association Between Recent Sports Activity, Sports Activity in Young Adulthood, and Stroke
Grau et al.
Stroke 2009;40:426-431.
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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2009 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee
WRITING GROUP MEMBERS et al.
Circulation 2009;119:e21-e181.
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Cost-effectiveness of interventions promoting physical activity
Muller-Riemenschneider et al.
Br. J. Sports. Med. 2009;43:70-76.
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Exercise on prescription for women aged 40-74 recruited through primary care: two year randomised controlled trial
Lawton et al.
BMJ 2008;337:a2509-a2509.
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Predictor of Fatal and Nonfatal Stroke in Asymptomatic Women and Men
Hooker et al.
Stroke 2008;39:2950-2957.
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Lifestyle and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes in Women: A Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence
Bassuk and Manson
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE 2008;2:191-213.
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Physical Activity and Survival after Diagnosis of Invasive Breast Cancer
Holick et al.
Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 2008;17:379-386.
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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2008 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee
Writing Group Members et al.
Circulation 2008;117:e25-e146.
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Predictor of Nonfatal Cardiovascular Events in Asymptomatic Women and Men
Sui et al.
Am J Epidemiol 2007;165:1413-1423.
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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2007 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee
Rosamond et al.
Circulation 2007;115:e69-e171.
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Adiposity Compared With Physical Inactivity and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women
Rana et al.
Diabetes Care 2007;30:53-58.
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Physical activity, public health, and aging: critical issues and research priorities.
Prohaska et al.
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Science 2006;61:S267-S273.
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Impact of Physical Activity on Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer: Findings From CALGB 89803
Meyerhardt et al.
JCO 2006;24:3535-3541.
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Guidelines for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Council on Stroke: Co-Sponsored by the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention: The American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline.
Sacco et al.
Circulation 2006;113:e409-e449.
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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2006 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee
Thom et al.
Circulation 2006;113:e85-e151.
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Guidelines for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Council on Stroke: Co-Sponsored by the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention: The American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline.
Sacco et al.
Stroke 2006;37:577-617.
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Obesity as Compared With Physical Activity in Predicting Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women
Li et al.
Circulation 2006;113:499-506.
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Walking and Sports Participation and Mortality From Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
Noda et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:1761-1767.
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Physical Activity, Cognitive Activity, and Cognitive Decline in a Biracial Community Population
Sturman et al.
Arch Neurol 2005;62:1750-1754.
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Lifestyle and cardiovascular disease in middle-aged British men: the effect of adjusting for within-person variation
Emberson et al.
Eur Heart J 2005;26:1774-1782.
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Leisure Time, Occupational, and Commuting Physical Activity and the Risk of Stroke
Hu et al.
Stroke 2005;36:1994-1999.
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Physical Activity and Survival After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Holmes et al.
JAMA 2005;293:2479-2486.
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American Heart Association and American Stroke Association National Survey of Stroke Risk Awareness Among Women
Ferris et al.
Circulation 2005;111:1321-1326.
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Physical activity and the risk of Parkinson disease
Chen et al.
Neurology 2005;64:664-669.
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Adiposity as Compared with Physical Activity in Predicting Mortality among Women
Hu et al.
NEJM 2004;351:2694-2703.
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Social Cognitive Theory in Diabetes Exercise Research: An Integrative Literature Review
Allen
The Diabetes Educator 2004;30:805-819.
Physical activity and stroke. A meta-analysis of observational data
Wendel-Vos et al.
Int J Epidemiol 2004;33:787-798.
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Current and future concepts in stroke prevention
O'Rourke et al.
CMAJ 2004;170:1123-1133.
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Eating, exercise, and "thrifty" genotypes: connecting the dots toward an evolutionary understanding of modern chronic diseases
Chakravarthy and Booth
J. Appl. Physiol. 2004;96:3-10.
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William M. Feinberg Lecture: Stroke Therapy in the Year 2025: Burden, Breakthroughs, and Barriers to Progress
Broderick
Stroke 2004;35:205-211.
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Short term effect of feedback on fitness and health measurements on self reported appraisal of the stage of change
Proper et al.
Br. J. Sports. Med. 2003;37:529-534.
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Impact of walking upon medical care expenditure in Japan: the Ohsaki Cohort Study
Tsuji et al.
Int J Epidemiol 2003;32:809-814.
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Physical Activity and Stroke Risk: A Meta-Analysis
Lee et al.
Stroke 2003;34:2475-2481.
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Editorial Commen: Physical Exercise and Stroke: The Sitting Majority Has a Lesson to Learn
Brainin
Stroke 2003;34:2481-2482.
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Leisure Activities and the Risk of Dementia
Vinkers et al.
NEJM 2003;349:1290-1292.
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Risk Factors for Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the General Population: A Systematic Review
Ariesen et al.
Stroke 2003;34:2060-2065.
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Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Association With Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Waist-Hip Ratio
Seddon et al.
Arch Ophthalmol 2003;121:785-792.
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Relationship of Changes in Physical Activity and Mortality Among Older Women
Gregg et al.
JAMA 2003;289:2379-2386.
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Exercise and gene expression: physiological regulation of the human genome through physical activity
Booth et al.
J. Physiol. 2002;543:399-411.
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Physical activity for preventing strokes
Batty and Lee
BMJ 2002;325:350-351.
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Waging war on physical inactivity: using modern molecular ammunition against an ancient enemy
Booth et al.
J. Appl. Physiol. 2002;93:3-30.
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Exercise Comes of Age: Rationale and Recommendations for a Geriatric Exercise Prescription
Singh
Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2002;57:M262-282.
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Tissue Adaptation to Physical Stress: A Proposed "Physical Stress Theory" to Guide Physical Therapist Practice, Education, and Research
Mueller and Maluf
ptjournal 2002;82:383-403.
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Stroke Risk Factor Profiles in African American Women: An Interim Report From the African-American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study
Worrall et al.
Stroke 2002;33:913-919.
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Sexual intercourse and risk of ischaemic stroke and coronary heart disease: the Caerphilly study
Ebrahim et al.
J. Epidemiol. Community Health 2002;56:99-102.
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Reduced Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage With Dynamic Recreational Exercise but Not With Heavy Work Activity
Thrift et al.
Stroke 2002;33:559-564.
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An Obligation for Primary Care Physicians to Prescribe Physical Activity to Sedentary Patients to Reduce the Risk of Chronic Health Conditions
Chakravarthy et al.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2002;77:165-173.
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Effects of Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Physiological, Behavioral, and Emotional Responses to Family Caregiving: A Randomized Controlled Trial
King et al.
Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2002;57:M26-36.
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An Evaluation of Choose to Move 1999: An American Heart Association Physical Activity Program for Women
Koffman et al.
Arch Intern Med 2001;161:2193-2199.
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Race-Ethnic Disparities in the Impact of Stroke Risk Factors: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study
Sacco et al.
Stroke 2001;32:1725-1731.
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Lifestyle measures to tackle atherosclerotic disease
DTB 2001;39:21-24.
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Physical Activity and Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Elderly Persons
Laurin et al.
Arch Neurol 2001;58:498-504.
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Exercise Intensity and Risk of Chronic Disease
Winett et al.
JAMA 2000;284:1784-1785.
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Exercise Prevents Stroke
JWatch Women's Health 2000;2000:3-3.
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Physical Activity Reduces Stroke Risk in Women
JWatch General 2000;2000:2-2.
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